Telehealthcare interventions are unlikely to result in clinically relevant improvements in health outcomes in those with relatively mild asthma, but they may have a role in those with more severe disease who are at high risk of hospital admission, according an October study published in the Cochrane Library.

The College of the Bahamas in Nassau has signed a memorandum of understanding that established the Bahamas Health Sciences Library Consortium; a collaboration with the Ministry of Health, the Public Hospitals Authority of the Bahamas and the University of the West Indies-School of Clinical Medicine and Research in the Bahamas.

Drummond Group, under its Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT authorized testing and certification body program, has posted its tested and certified EHR products on the Department of Health and Human Services' Certified Health IT Products Listing.

Although the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) supports a time requirement of less than 30 days for a patient to receive access to or copies of their individual electronic PHI, the healthcare organization cautioned Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to adopt a reasonable timeline so as not to negatively affect or divert healthcare provider resources to address such requests.

InterSystems has released its InterSystems Cach database, targeting performance processing for event processing systems.

U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced $320 million in grants under the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act to strengthen the healthcare workforce. 

At Health Imaging & IT, October is Top Trends season. Every year, we dive into the results of our annual survey and unravel the details of how decision-makers are grappling with the complex demands of imaging and IT.

Dell will make a $15 million investment in computer equipment and services to support the launch of the University of Buffalo's new Institute for Healthcare Informatics in New York.